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emma_is_a_thief

Song and Dance

May 08, 2005 00:17

So I went ot the WRHS production of Rogers and Hammerstein's Cinderella, and I must say that it sucked! All evening I found myself saying, "Todd would never have let us get away with that." I mean seriously folks, its called projection! Do NOT use microphones. Also, I could see the boom mike in the back, The queen was missing her crown, the king ( Read more... )

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yin_twin May 8 2005, 19:18:48 UTC

Oh my, I'm sorry about the performance... I remember when I went back to Memorial to watch the fall performance of Othello, and there was a notable lack of discipline and actual acting while onstage. I mean, let's face it, the costumes were never the best, and the sets were always just as cheap, but at least when I went there we had some people who actually gave a damn about being there.
Heehee... Isn't it fun being able to critique so well, though? I'm terrible with movies, always complaining about bad transitions, or how they could've done a certain shot to achieve a better effect, and soooo much more that I really don't feel like going into at the moment. ;)

Catcher's mitts? Kay, I don't know that one. Care to enlighten me?
Curves are so very sexy, ribs are not. Blech. Also, if you wanted to be, you could totally do it and pull in all sorts of monies. ;P

emma_is_a_thief May 8 2005, 20:43:04 UTC

Well, as to the sets and costumes at the run, when the original flying thespians were there, we hired professionals, because the school didnt have a drama class or teacher. Our staff sponser had nothing to do with the productions, she just signed the excuse passes to get us out of class. We hired our director out of lansing, and Toddly brought with him all the professional real-world theater techs you could ask for. Professional set designers, (we did construction, he bossed us around.) costume mistress, hair and makeup, light and sound designer..... Dont get me wrong, we did all the work, but we had professionals telling us what to do to make our plays the best they could be. The Nancy pants got pissy with Toddly, and fired him. That was thankfully after we finished production of D2D. That summer, most of the flying thespians graduated. I was still around, as were a couple of others, and Nancy decided she would direct us, based on her "observation of Todd" She had no idea what she was doing, I directed that years childrens play, but ( ... )